. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXXEX. LORANTHA^CEJE : Au'cUBA. 511 ^ 1. L. EUBOP/E^us L. The European Loranthus. Identification. Lin. Sp., 1672.; Jacq. Fl. Austr., t 30.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 409. Engravings. Jacq. 1. c.; oaifig. 927., and our fig. 928. of the natural size. 927. L, euiopae^. Spec. Char., Sfc. Plant glab
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXXEX. LORANTHA^CEJE : Au'cUBA. 511 ^ 1. L. EUBOP/E^us L. The European Loranthus. Identification. Lin. Sp., 1672.; Jacq. Fl. Austr., t 30.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 409. Engravings. Jacq. 1. c.; oaifig. 927., and our fig. 928. of the natural size. 927. L, euiopae^. Spec. Char., Sfc. Plant glabrous, much branched. Branches te- rete. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 92s. i,. europ,e>us. oval-oblong. Racemes terminal, simple. Flowers dioecious, of 6 petals. (Don's Mill.) An evergreen parasitical shrub, with the habit of Fiscum album. Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Upper Siberia, on oak and sweet chestnut trees. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1839. Flowers greenish; May. Berries oval, white or yel- lowish ; ripe in December. Berries of this plant were received from M. Charles Rauch of Vienna, by his brother, M. Francis Rauch, and sown on trees in the Horticultural So- ciety's Garden, and also in our garden, at Bayswater, in January, 1839, though they have not yet vegetated. Genus III. AU'CUBA Thanh. The Aucuba. iiw. iS^if. Dice Via Tetrandria. Identificatim. Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 4.; Dec. Prod., 4. p, 274.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 433. Synomymes. Aucuba Katnpf. Amoen. 5. p. 778.; EClbasis Salisi. Prod. p. 68. t)erivation, Aucuba is the Japanese name. Gen. Char. Flowers dioecious. Calyx closely adhering, with the margin a little elevated, and 4-toothed ; teeth obtuse, very short. Petals 4, decidu- ous, alternating with the calycine teeth, inserted in the margin of the elevated fleshy 4!-angled disk. Stamens 4. Ovarium cylindrical. Style very short, thick, terete. Berry fleshy, 1 -seeded. {Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen; petiolate, coriaceous. Flow
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